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{{Maryland-stub}}''[[United States|United States]] &gt; [[Maryland|Maryland]] &gt; St. Mary's County'' [[Image:MD St Mary's map.png|thumb|right|400px]]  
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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]&nbsp; [[Maryland|Maryland]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]&nbsp; [[St._Mary's_County,_Maryland|St. Mary's County]]''
  
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== [http://www.co.saint-marys.md.us/ County Courthouse]  ==
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St. Mary's County Government<br>23115 Leonard Hall Dr.<br>Leonardtown, MD 20650<br>
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{{RAOGKcourthouse}}&nbsp;<br>[http://www.co.saint-marys.md.us/ St. Mary's County Courthouse]<br>23115 Leonard Hall Dr.<br>Leonardtown, MD 20650<br><br>Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and land records.<br>Register of Wills has probate records.<br>The 1830 Census Missing.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), St Mary’s County, Maryland page 318, {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>  
  
 
== History  ==
 
== History  ==
  
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The county is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_the_mother_of_Jesus The Virgin Mary]. It was the "first county named in a colony intended to be a haven for Catholics."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies List of Counties in Maryland,]] Wikipedia.</ref>  
 
The county is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_the_mother_of_Jesus The Virgin Mary]. It was the "first county named in a colony intended to be a haven for Catholics."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maryland_county_name_etymologies List of Counties in Maryland,]] Wikipedia.</ref>  
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*Created 24 January 1637 from the Colonial lands
 
*Created 24 January 1637 from the Colonial lands
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*Saint Mary's<ref>William Hand Browne, ed., ''Archives of Maryland: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland October 1678-November 1683'' (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1889).</ref>
  
 
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==== Record Loss  ====
 
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St. Mary's has suffered substantial record loss.
  
 
*Lost census: 1890
 
*Lost census: 1890
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==== Neighboring Counties  ====
 
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[[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert]] | [[Charles County, Maryland|Charles]] |[[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]]| [[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset]]| Virginia Counties: [[Northumberland County, Virginia|Northumberland]]| [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]]<br>
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[[Calvert County, Maryland|Calvert]] | [[Charles County, Maryland|Charles]] |[[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]]| [[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset]]| Virginia Counties: [[Northumberland County, Virginia|Northumberland]]| [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]]<br>  
  
 
== Resources  ==
 
== Resources  ==
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*John Wesley Cemetery  
 
*John Wesley Cemetery  
 
*Joy Chapel Cemetery  
 
*Joy Chapel Cemetery  
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*Mount Zion Cemetery <ref>[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Film Number 599840 item 4 page 105 </ref>
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*Mount Zion Cemetery <ref>[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Film Number 599840 item 4 page 105 </ref>  
 
*New Saint Aloysius Cemetery  
 
*New Saint Aloysius Cemetery  
 
*Old Saint Aloysius Cemetery  
 
*Old Saint Aloysius Cemetery  
 
*Old Saint Josephs Cemetery  
 
*Old Saint Josephs Cemetery  
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*Our Ladys Chapel Cemetery<ref> [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Film Number 599841 item 3 page 125 </ref>
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*Our Lady's Chapel Cemetery<ref> [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Film Number 599841 item 3 page 125 </ref>
  
 
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*Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery  
 
*Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery  
 
*Saint Georges Cemetery  
 
*Saint Georges Cemetery  
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*Saint Georges Cemetery <ref>[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Film Number 599840 item 4 page 112 </ref>
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*Saint Georges Cemetery <ref>[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Film Number 599840 item 4 page 112 </ref>  
 
*Saint Johns Cemetery  
 
*Saint Johns Cemetery  
 
*Saint Josephs Cemetery  
 
*Saint Josephs Cemetery  
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*Saint Nicholas Cemetery  
 
*Saint Nicholas Cemetery  
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==== Census  ====
 
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Federal Census reports available 1790-1930 including slave and veterans schedules. Exception-1830 census is missing.<br>
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Federal Census reports available 1790-1930, including slave and veterans schedules. Exception-1830 census is missing. {{Census|Maryland}}
  
 
==== Church  ====
 
==== Church  ====
  
 
Maryland State Archives' ''[http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/religion/cfm/dsp_county.cfm Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions]'' identifies all churches known to have existed in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.  
 
Maryland State Archives' ''[http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/religion/cfm/dsp_county.cfm Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions]'' identifies all churches known to have existed in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.  
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*'''1833-1859''' - Poole, Martha Sprigg. "St. Andrew's Parish Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1833-1859," ''Chronicles of St. Mary's,'' vol. 5, no. 2: Feb. 1957 (Abell to Craigg); vol. 5, no. 6: Jun. 1957 (Craig to Greenwell); vol. 5, no. 9: Sep. 1957 (Greenwell to Hutchins); vol. 6, no. 1: Jan. 1958 (Hutchins to Mareman); vol. 6, no. 5: May 1958 (Mareman to Payne); vol. 6, no. 10: Jun. 1958 (Payne to Stone); vol. 7, no. 1: Jan. 1959 (Tabbs to Watts); vol. 7, no. 3 Mar. 1959 (Watts to Wise); vol. 7, no. 4: Mar. 1959 (Wise to Wooton).
  
 
==== Court  ====
 
==== Court  ====
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*Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family  
 
*Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family  
 
*Identify publications, to quote [[Elizabeth Shown Mills|Elizabeth Shown Mills]], about an ancestor's "FAN Club" ['''F'''riends, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors]
 
*Identify publications, to quote [[Elizabeth Shown Mills|Elizabeth Shown Mills]], about an ancestor's "FAN Club" ['''F'''riends, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors]
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For ancestors who lived in St. Mary's County in the 1600s, a Harvard graduate has probably studied your family. See [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/html/carr.html Dr. Lois Green Carr's Biographical Files of 17th and 18th Century Marylanders] (courtesy: [[Maryland State Archives]]).
  
 
===== Bibliography  =====
 
===== Bibliography  =====
  
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*'''[Abell]''' Abell, William Russell. ''The Abell Family of St. Mary's County, Maryland and the American Revolution.'' Des Moines, Iowa: privately published, 1984. Digital version at {{FSbook|1031699}} - free.
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*'''[Abington]''' Berkley, Henry J. "The Abingtons of St. Mary's and Calvert Counties," ''Maryland Historical Magazine'', Vol. 25 (1930):251-255. {{FHL|103784|item|disp=FHL Book 975.2 H25m v. 25 (1930)}}.
 
*'''[Butler]''' ''See de Hinojosa''.  
 
*'''[Butler]''' ''See de Hinojosa''.  
 
*'''[Carvile]''' ''See de Hinojosa.''  
 
*'''[Carvile]''' ''See de Hinojosa.''  
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*'''[Chilton]''' Dorman, John Frederick. "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):71-78; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):121-125; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):167-174; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):15-18; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1968):83-86; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):109-113; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1968):169-175; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1969):32-36; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):65-71; Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1969):177-180; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1970):15-22; Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1970):75-82; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1970):123-128; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1970):165-168; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):32-41; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):122-124; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):259-264; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):301-306; {{FHL|1024202|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 11-v. 16}}; digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($).
 
*'''[DeButts]''' Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," ''The Genealogist'', Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.  
 
*'''[DeButts]''' Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," ''The Genealogist'', Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.  
 
*'''[Decosta]''' Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60.  
 
*'''[Decosta]''' Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60.  
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*'''[D'Hiniossa]''' Hoffman, William J. "Alexander D'Hiniossa, The Last Dutch Director on the Delaware," ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record'', Vol. 73, No. 4 (Oct. 1942):246-250. Digital version at [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/public-elibrary New York Family History] ($); {{FHL|161380|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 73}}.
 
*'''[de Hinojosa]''' Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.  
 
*'''[de Hinojosa]''' Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.  
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*'''[Ellyson]''' Wagner, Douglas W. Ellyson. "The Early Generations of the Ellyson Family," ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', Vol. 72, No. 1. Reprint: {{FHL|498147|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 A1 no. 6718}}.<br>
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*'''[Gerard]''' Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard. ''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. {{FHL|605230|item|disp=FHL Book 974 D2w 1992}}.<br>
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*'''[Gray]''' Russell, George Ely. "Francis Gray of Maryland and Virginia," ''The Genealogist,'' Vol. 25, No. 2 (Fall 2011):131-143. {{FHL|94040|item|disp=FHL Book 929.105 G286n v. 25, no. 2 (fall 2011)}}.
 
*'''[Guyther]''' ''See de Hinojosa''.  
 
*'''[Guyther]''' ''See de Hinojosa''.  
 
*'''[Leigh]''' Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.  
 
*'''[Leigh]''' Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.  
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*'''[Norris]''' Diller, Corinne Hanna. "Johns and Thomases: Using Named Farmland to Sort Identities among Norrises of St. Mary's County, Maryland," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 86, No. 4 (December 1998):271-282. {{FHL|39597|item}} 973 B2ng v. 86 (1998)
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*'''[McFarlane]''' Finley, Carmen J. "The McFarlings: From Virginia to the California Gold Rush," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):3-12; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):131-145; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):186-195; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):275-292. Digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg}}.
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*'''[Norris]''' Diller, Corinne Hanna. "Johns and Thomases: Using Named Farmland to Sort Identities among Norrises of St. Mary's County, Maryland," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 86, No. 4 (December 1998):271-282. {{FHL|39597|item|disp=FHL Book 973 B2ng v. 86 (1998)}}.
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*'''[Plater]''' Lomax, E.L. ''Genealogy of the Virginia Family of Lomax''. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1913. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/genealogyofvirgi00loma Internet Archive] - free.
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*'''[Walker]''' Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," ''Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).
  
 
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Other St. Mary's County immigration resources include:  
 
Other St. Mary's County immigration resources include:  
  
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*[http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=St.+Mary%27s&placeOfIndentureColony=Maryland&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial St. Mary's County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: [http://www.immigrantservants.com Immigrant Servants Database]. [Includes Richard J. Cox's abstracts of ''Maryland Gazette'' runaways.]
  
 
==== Land  ====
 
==== Land  ====
  
 
Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the [http://www.courts.state.md.us/ Maryland Judiciary] and the [http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives], free images and indexes of the complete series of St. Mary's County Deed Books (1781-present) have been uploaded to their website: [http://mdlandrec.net/msa/stagser/s1700/s1741/cfm/index.cfm MDLandRec.Net:&nbsp;A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland]. (Requires free registration.)  
 
Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the [http://www.courts.state.md.us/ Maryland Judiciary] and the [http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives], free images and indexes of the complete series of St. Mary's County Deed Books (1781-present) have been uploaded to their website: [http://mdlandrec.net/msa/stagser/s1700/s1741/cfm/index.cfm MDLandRec.Net:&nbsp;A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland]. (Requires free registration.)  
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*'''1637-1799''' - [http://www.stmarysfamilies.com/ St. Mary's County Land Ownership: 1637-1799] at St. Mary's Families - free.
  
 
==== Local Histories  ====
 
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==== Maps  ====
 
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[http://www.stmarysfamilies.com/ St. Mary's County Tract Map: 1705] by Dr. Russell Menard identifies early settlers and land locations.
  
 
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*St. Mary's County newspapers are identified in [http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/newspapers/cfm/dsp_county.cfm "Guide to Maryland Newspapers,"] available online, courtesy: [http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/cfm/index.cfm Special Collections, Maryland State Archives].
 
*St. Mary's County newspapers are identified in [http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/newspapers/cfm/dsp_county.cfm "Guide to Maryland Newspapers,"] available online, courtesy: [http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/cfm/index.cfm Special Collections, Maryland State Archives].
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''Chronicles of St. Mary's'' is published by the St. Mary's County Historical Society. A subject and author index is available on their [http://home.md.metrocast.net/~smchs/index.htm website].
  
 
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*'''1638-1800''' - [http://www.stmarysfamilies.com/ St. Mary's County Will Abstracts, 1638-1800] at St. Mary's Families - free.
  
 
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*'''[1678, 1681]''' 1678 and 1681 Saint Mary's County tax lists, available [http://www.mdgenweb.org/taxlists.htm online], courtesy: [http://www.mdgenweb.org/ MDGenWeb].
  
 
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*'''1640-1820''' - [http://www.stmarysfamilies.com/ St. Mary's County, Maryland, Marriages: 1638-1820] at St. Mary's Families - free. "The marriage database contains 10,096 marriages, most of which occurred in St. Mary's County, Maryland between 1637 and 1820. Source records include County Court Records (marriage licenses), wills, deeds, extant church records (St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, and St. Inigoes Catholic Church, including marriage and baptisms) and Prerogative Court Records (compiled by V.L. Skinner, Jr.)."
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*'''1794-1864''' - Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. ''Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources''. Vol. 1. Baltimore, Md.: Williams &amp; Wilkins Company, 1915. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=69UUAAAAYAAJ Google Books]. "Marriage Licenses of St. Mary's County, 1794-1864 (7533 Persons)," is available online, see pages 313-405 and index.
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===== Death  =====
  
 
*[http://mdvitalrec.net/cfm/index.cfm Maryland Death Certificate Index 1898-1944], available online, courtesy: Vital Records Indexing Project, [http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives].
 
*[http://mdvitalrec.net/cfm/index.cfm Maryland Death Certificate Index 1898-1944], available online, courtesy: Vital Records Indexing Project, [http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives].
  
 
== Societies and Libraries  ==
 
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[http://www.thearkandthedove.com/ The Society of the ''Ark'' and the ''Dove''] was founded in 1910. It was formed to fellowship those that trace their descent from Lord Baltimore and those that arrived on the Ark and the Dove in 1634 to settle Maryland. This society is multifaceted, encouraging research of early Maryland history and promoting and supporting Museums, Historical Foundations and Societies.  
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{{RAOGKlibrary}} [http://www.thearkandthedove.com/ The Society of the ''Ark'' and the ''Dove''] was founded in 1910. It was formed to fellowship those that trace their descent from Lord Baltimore and those that arrived on the Ark and the Dove in 1634 to settle Maryland. This society is multifaceted, encouraging research of early Maryland history and promoting and supporting Museums, Historical Foundations and Societies.  
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==== Family History Centers  ====
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*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
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*[[Lexington Park Maryland Family History Center]]
  
 
== Web Sites  ==
 
== Web Sites  ==
  
 
*{{FHL|Maryland%2C+St%2E+Mary%27s|subject|disp=FamilySearch.org}} Family History Library Catalog for St. Mary's County.  
 
*{{FHL|Maryland%2C+St%2E+Mary%27s|subject|disp=FamilySearch.org}} Family History Library Catalog for St. Mary's County.  
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*[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/library/periodicals/perbib/html/bibs.html "St. Mary's Co.,"] in ''Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.''
 
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Contents

County Courthouse

Beginning Dates for St. Mary's County, Maryland Government Records
Birth Marriage Death Census Land Probate
1898 1794 1898 1790 1781 1658

  
St. Mary's County Courthouse
23115 Leonard Hall Dr.
Leonardtown, MD 20650

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and land records.
Register of Wills has probate records.
The 1830 Census Missing.[1]

History

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The county is named after The Virgin Mary. It was the "first county named in a colony intended to be a haven for Catholics."[2]

The settlement of Lord Baltimore's Maryland began with the arrival of passengers from England at St. Clement's Island in the Potomac River in what is now southwestern St. Mary's County on March 25, 1634 (the anniversary of this landing being annually celebrated as Maryland Day). The passengers arrived in two vessels, the Ark and the Dove, which had set sail from the Isle of Wight on November 22, 1633. The county is also home to the first Catholic Mass celebrated in the original thirteen colonies.[3]

Parent County

  • Created 24 January 1637 from the Colonial lands

Variant Spellings

  • Saint Mary's[4]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

St. Mary's has suffered substantial record loss.

  • Lost census: 1890

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Town
Census Districts
Communities

Neighboring Counties

Calvert | Charles |Dorchester| Somerset| Virginia Counties: Northumberland| Westmoreland

Resources

Cemeteries

  • All Faith Cemetery
  • All Saints Cemetery
  • Charles Memorial Gardens
  • Christ Church Cemetery
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens
  • Galilee Cemetery
  • Holy Face Cemetery
  • John Wesley Cemetery
  • Joy Chapel Cemetery
  • Mount Zion Cemetery [5]
  • New Saint Aloysius Cemetery
  • Old Saint Aloysius Cemetery
  • Old Saint Josephs Cemetery
  • Our Lady's Chapel Cemetery[6]
  • Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery
  • Queen of Peace Cemetery
  • Saint Andrews Cemetery
  • Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery
  • Saint Georges Cemetery
  • Saint Georges Cemetery [7]
  • Saint Johns Cemetery
  • Saint Josephs Cemetery
  • Saint Michael Cemetery
  • Saint Nicholas Cemetery
  • Saint Paul's Cemetery


Census

Federal Census reports available 1790-1930, including slave and veterans schedules. Exception-1830 census is missing. For tips on accessing St. Mary's County, Maryland census records online, see: Maryland Census.

Church

Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.

Protestant Episcopal
  • 1833-1859 - Poole, Martha Sprigg. "St. Andrew's Parish Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1833-1859," Chronicles of St. Mary's, vol. 5, no. 2: Feb. 1957 (Abell to Craigg); vol. 5, no. 6: Jun. 1957 (Craig to Greenwell); vol. 5, no. 9: Sep. 1957 (Greenwell to Hutchins); vol. 6, no. 1: Jan. 1958 (Hutchins to Mareman); vol. 6, no. 5: May 1958 (Mareman to Payne); vol. 6, no. 10: Jun. 1958 (Payne to Stone); vol. 7, no. 1: Jan. 1959 (Tabbs to Watts); vol. 7, no. 3 Mar. 1959 (Watts to Wise); vol. 7, no. 4: Mar. 1959 (Wise to Wooton).

Court

Family Histories

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

  • Locate publications about direct ancestors
  • Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
  • Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

For ancestors who lived in St. Mary's County in the 1600s, a Harvard graduate has probably studied your family. See Dr. Lois Green Carr's Biographical Files of 17th and 18th Century Marylanders (courtesy: Maryland State Archives).

Bibliography
  • [Abell] Abell, William Russell. The Abell Family of St. Mary's County, Maryland and the American Revolution. Des Moines, Iowa: privately published, 1984. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free.
  • [Abington] Berkley, Henry J. "The Abingtons of St. Mary's and Calvert Counties," Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1930):251-255. FHL Book 975.2 H25m v. 25 (1930).
  • [Butler] See de Hinojosa.
  • [Carvile] See de Hinojosa.
  • [Chilton] Dorman, John Frederick. "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):71-78; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):121-125; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):167-174; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):15-18; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1968):83-86; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):109-113; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1968):169-175; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1969):32-36; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):65-71; Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1969):177-180; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1970):15-22; Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1970):75-82; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1970):123-128; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1970):165-168; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):32-41; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):122-124; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):259-264; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):301-306; FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 11-v. 16; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
  • [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
  • [Decosta] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60.
  • [D'Hiniossa] Hoffman, William J. "Alexander D'Hiniossa, The Last Dutch Director on the Delaware," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 73, No. 4 (Oct. 1942):246-250. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 73.
  • [de Hinojosa] Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.
  • [Ellyson] Wagner, Douglas W. Ellyson. "The Early Generations of the Ellyson Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 72, No. 1. Reprint: FHL Book 929.273 A1 no. 6718.
  • [Gerard] Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. FHL Book 974 D2w 1992.
  • [Gray] Russell, George Ely. "Francis Gray of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Fall 2011):131-143. FHL Book 929.105 G286n v. 25, no. 2 (fall 2011).
  • [Guyther] See de Hinojosa.
  • [Leigh] Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273.
  • [McFarlane] Finley, Carmen J. "The McFarlings: From Virginia to the California Gold Rush," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):3-12; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):131-145; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):186-195; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):275-292. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg.
  • [Norris] Diller, Corinne Hanna. "Johns and Thomases: Using Named Farmland to Sort Identities among Norrises of St. Mary's County, Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 4 (December 1998):271-282. FHL Book 973 B2ng v. 86 (1998).
  • [Plater] Lomax, E.L. Genealogy of the Virginia Family of Lomax. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1913. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
  • [Walker] Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Gazetteers

Immigration

The New Early Settlers of Maryland database is a great place to start searching for immigrants who had arrived in the colony by the 1680s. The database "comprises 34,326 entries from Gust Skordas' Early Settlers of Maryland and Carson Gibb's Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland." Available online, courtesy: Maryland State Archives.

Other St. Mary's County immigration resources include:

Land

Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the complete series of St. Mary's County Deed Books (1781-present) have been uploaded to their website: MDLandRec.Net: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

Local Histories

Maps

St. Mary's County Tract Map: 1705 by Dr. Russell Menard identifies early settlers and land locations.

Military

Revolutionary War
  • A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Maryland, St. Mary's County on page 127.]
War of 1812
  • List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, St. Mary's County, pp. 154-155. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Newspapers

 

Periodicals

Chronicles of St. Mary's is published by the St. Mary's County Historical Society. A subject and author index is available on their website.

Probate

Taxation

  • [1678, 1681] 1678 and 1681 Saint Mary's County tax lists, available online, courtesy: MDGenWeb.

Vital Records

Marriage
  • 1640-1820 - St. Mary's County, Maryland, Marriages: 1638-1820 at St. Mary's Families - free. "The marriage database contains 10,096 marriages, most of which occurred in St. Mary's County, Maryland between 1637 and 1820. Source records include County Court Records (marriage licenses), wills, deeds, extant church records (St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, and St. Inigoes Catholic Church, including marriage and baptisms) and Prerogative Court Records (compiled by V.L. Skinner, Jr.)."
  • 1794-1864 - Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources. Vol. 1. Baltimore, Md.: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1915. Digital version at Google Books. "Marriage Licenses of St. Mary's County, 1794-1864 (7533 Persons)," is available online, see pages 313-405 and index.
Death

Societies and Libraries

  The Society of the Ark and the Dove was founded in 1910. It was formed to fellowship those that trace their descent from Lord Baltimore and those that arrived on the Ark and the Dove in 1634 to settle Maryland. This society is multifaceted, encouraging research of early Maryland history and promoting and supporting Museums, Historical Foundations and Societies.

Family History Centers

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), St Mary’s County, Maryland page 318, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ List of Counties in Maryland,] Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia
  4. ↑ William Hand Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland October 1678-November 1683 (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1889).
  5. ↑ Family History Library Film Number 599840 item 4 page 105
  6. ↑ Family History Library Film Number 599841 item 3 page 125
  7. ↑ Family History Library Film Number 599840 item 4 page 112
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